It’s common for critics of the new wave of state laws severely limiting access to abortion to say the measures are part of a Republican “war on women.” But strong support from most white women, especially those who identify as evangelical Christians, has helped Republicans dominate local government in the […] Read more »
The American GI in WWII, uncensored
Pfc Elias Friedensohn in June 1945 at the Special Services Distributing Point, Seine Section, Paris, France. National Archives Edward Gitre, Virginia Tech I can still recall the exhilaration I felt in the reading room of the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. It was mid-April 2009. I was scrolling through […] Read more »
When it comes to the Democratic presidential field, bigger is not better
Can you name them? Can you name even half of them? Do you know where they come from or what they do or have done? Do you know for what they stand or how they differ? “They” are the blur of candidates running for the Democratic presidential nomination. … The […] Read more »
Does Anyone Actually Want Joe Biden to Be President?
In a field crowded with nearly two dozen candidates, no answer to the electability question is offered more regularly and with more conviction than “Joe Biden.” … The case that people make for Mr. Biden’s electability is not that any one group of people is particularly excited by him, but […] Read more »
Americans divided on what constitutes anti-Semitic speech, behavior
A recent nationally representative survey from the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP) suggests that while Americans generally agree that anti-Semitism is a significant problem in the United States, they remain divided on what constitutes “anti-Semitic” speech and behavior. According to the survey results, generational divides in views of acceptable […] Read more »
Less Than Half in U.S. Would Vote for a Socialist for President
Less than half of Americans (47%) say they would vote for a qualified presidential candidate who is a socialist — the same percentage Gallup found in 2015. A socialist candidate is the only one among a dozen hypothetical candidates about whom a minority of Americans say they are willing to […] Read more »